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This function is not linear because for every y value there are two possible x values that could produce the same result.

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$ y=e^x $
Linear ECE301Fall2008mboutin.jpg
This function is linear because for each y value has only one corresponding x value, and each x value has only one corresponding y value.

$ y=x^4 $
Nonlinear ECE301Fall2008mboutin.jpg
This function is not linear because for every y value there are two possible x values that could produce the same result.

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Ph.D. on Applied Mathematics in Aug 2007. Involved on applications of image super-resolution to electron microscopy

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